This second blog entry on our New Zealand holiday covers most of our time in the glorious South Island. Seeing such beauty, enjoying time with family and friends and relaxing did much for DHC's Hope.
Morning Tea
This photo is for Lee and Judith where I enjoyed a hot frothy cappuccino and cheese scone (one of several sampled on our journey). Our morning tea was at Waimate (Mon Oct 5) on our way to the Waitaki River district.
Waitaki River (3 photos)
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| Contented cows grazing in their NZ heavenly fields |
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First of 8 dams built on the Waikati River for irrigation and hydro power
(built around 1930) |
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| At elephant rocks |
Oamaru (2 photos)
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| Oamaru historic port area now an arts and crafts series of shops |
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| Overlooking the beach where the yellow-eyed penguins live at night |
Moeraki Boulders (3 photos)
Contrasts Along the Road (4 photos, Tues Oct 6)
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| Bowker Bridge, the last of the arch bridges beside Rte 89 near Runback |
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| Fraser Pit gold mine near Macros Flat on a very windy day |
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| Sheep contentedly grazing near Hyde |
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| Sheep disturbed by our presence near Hyde |
Historic Clyde (4 photos, Wed Oct 7)
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Clyde streetscape - group of baby boomer women cyclists having
morning tea while riding the old Central Otago railway path |
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| Wonderful craft shop in historic building |
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| One of the beautiful rooms in the craft shop |
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| Clyde Dam, recent 1990s construction |
Historic Old Town Section of Cromwell (2 photos)
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Barbara by the lakeside - historic buildings moved due to Clyde Dam
creating a large, lengthy lake that extends from Clyde beyond Cromwell |
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| Interesting combination of colours in corrugated iron and wooden buildings |
Lunch in Heaven (5 photos)
The Lazy Dog Winery (20 kilometres from Lake Wanaka) provided us with an exquisite, delicious platter for our lunch - one of those lifetime memorable meals!
Lake Wanaka (home from Wed 7 to Wed 14 Oct)
Lake Wanaka Beauty (10 photos)
With Family in Wanaka (26 photos)
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| Off to the lake |
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| Smelling the tulips on the way to the lake |
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| Relaxing at the lake |
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| E up close and personal with grandma and grandda |
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E contemplating throwing stones into the lake -
a favourite pastime |
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| At the park |
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| Watching the clouds float by overhead |
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| In downtown Wanaka for morning tea |
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| Father and son enjoying morning tea |
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| A father and son moment |
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| Three generations at the Gypsy weekend fair |
In the next six photos, E demonstrates how to eat pasta with tomato sauce and tasty cheese on the side and then clean up while looking in a mirror.
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| A grandmother and granddaughter moment down by the lake |
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| Grandma helping E type and send an email to L |
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| At Rippon Winery |
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| Selfie at Rippon Winery |
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| First of three mother and son moments at Rippon Windery |
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| Gelato treat downtown Wanaka |
With Family at Cardrona Ski Fields (4 photos)
With Family at Cardrona Hotel opened in 1863 (4 photos)
Visiting Friends in Wanaka (6 photos)
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With David after morning tea - David took over most of my clients
more than five years ago - then living in Sydney he and his
family moved to Wanaka, returning to his wife's homeland |
Lake Ohau pronounced 'o-how' - Wed 14 and Thurs 15 Oct (16 photos)
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| View from our veranda at Lake Ohau Lodge |
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| Heavenly grazing pasture for sheep |
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| View of lake from north (cattle stop sign in NZ, cattle grid in Aus) |
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| End of the road |
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| Three photos showing a stream flowing into Lake Ohau |
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Venison with vegetables - main course of our delicious 3 course meal,
which we enjoyed as we watched the sunset effect on Mount Cook,
New Zealand's tallest mountain |
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| Sunrise effect on Mount Cook as we saw it from our bedroom |
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| Sun rising over the mountain across the lake |
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An after breakfast selfie in front of Mount Cook
(tall mountain at back of middle of photo) |
Lake Alexandrina views to Mount Cook - Thurs Oct 15 (2 photos)
Lake Tekapo view of lake from Church of the Good Shepherd (3 photos)
Town of Fairlie (4 photos)
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| We saw beautiful blossoming trees throughout our time in NZ |
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| 1914 Carnegie funded library that is now a restaurant |
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| Love the brickwork |
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| Lampstand made with old books (for you Liz) |
On The Road Again we saw lots of cows and sheep contentedly grazing (1 photo)
Pleasant Valley Daffodil Farm near Geraldine (4 photos)
Grow 1500 varieties of daffodils and earn their money from selling bulbs over the internet throughout NZ and overseas. Have acres of daffodils - we were there at the end of their blooming. They also had contented woolly sheep grazing in a corner of their property.
Well, this finishes the sharing of our NZ trip, an uplifting B&DHC Hope time. Next week I will be in Kamuli, Uganda for two weeks working on
The BezCan Project which has become an incredibly fulfilling aspect of DHC Hope.
